Seniors or Older Adults - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Northbridge, MA.

Drug and alcohol rehab centers which serve the specific and unique needs of seniors and older adults may be more beneficial for this client demographic. Senior and older adult centered treatment can be helpful with the initial stigma that these clients feel when entering treatment and it provides support from others in the same stage of life who understand the unique difficulties they face. In mixed age programs seniors and older adults can sometimes be less likely to participate completely in group activities with younger clients who don't understand their generational and age related specific challenges. Drug and Alcohol treatment centers that offer a more age appropriate forum for seniors and older adults can offer a platform of mutual understanding, respect, and comfort to address the challenges to treatment.

Rehabilitation staff at drug and alcohol rehab programs for seniors and older adults are there to offer their unique expertise with these clients to work on age-related, generational, and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also considering any specific physical or mental health issues or challenges this group of client faces while in treatment. Program materials for seniors and older adults may be produced with audio or verbal impairments in mind, such as larger type or treatment therapists who are experienced with such needs of older clients by the way group and individual counseling sessions.

Seniors and older adults are disproportionately apt to the abuse of alcohol and prescription drugs, and as part of recovery many require medical intervention not just through detoxification but to establish which prescriptions should be eliminated or continued as part of the treatment process and their transition to a healthy lifestyle that will prolong their life.

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